Quote by George Eliot
Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. – George Eliot

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The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. – George Eliot

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Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot

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There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see. – Robert Frost

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A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient. – Alexander The Great

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The house appointed for all the living. – Bible

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The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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